Tools

Graph databases & knowledge graphs

10 tools compared: how each is priced, where it runs, and what to consider instead.

Tool Pricing model Free tier Open source
Amazon Neptune Fully managed AWS graph database supporting both property-graph (Gremlin, openCypher) and RDF (SPARQL) query models. Usage-based No No
ArangoDB Multi-model database combining graph, document and key/value storage under one engine and one query language, AQL. Quote only Yes No
Dgraph Open-source, natively distributed property-graph database with a GraphQL-derived query language, now stewarded by Hypermode. Open source + paid Yes Yes
JanusGraph Open-source distributed property-graph database queried with Gremlin, with pluggable storage and indexing backends. Open source + paid Yes Yes
Memgraph In-memory, Cypher-compatible property-graph database built in C++ for low-latency graph analytics and GraphRAG. Free tier + paid Yes No
NebulaGraph Open-source distributed property-graph database using nGQL, built for billion-edge-scale graphs at low latency. Free tier + paid Yes Yes
Neo4j Native property-graph database using Cypher, the language behind the new ISO GQL standard, for relationship-heavy analytics. Free tier + paid Yes No
Ontotext GraphDB RDF4J-compliant semantic graph database using SPARQL with OWL/RDFS reasoning, built for enterprise knowledge graphs. Free tier + paid Yes No
Stardog Enterprise RDF knowledge-graph platform using SPARQL, with OWL/RDFS reasoning and federation over relational sources. Free tier + paid Yes No
TigerGraph Massively parallel native graph database with its own GSQL language, built for deep multi-hop analytics at scale. Usage-based Yes No

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